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UKIP wanting immigration 'freeze' UKIP demands immigration 'freeze'
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The UK Independence Party (UKIP) would halt all immigration to the UK for five years if it won a general election. The UK Independence Party says it would halt all immigration to the UK for five years if it won a general election.
The proposal has been contained in a policy review, prepared ahead of the party's annual conference in London. Leader Nigel Farage will tell the party's annual conference in London that public services cannot cope with growing numbers of migrants.
Leader Nigel Farage will tell delegates on Friday that public services cannot cope with growing numbers of migrants. The ban would stay in place until "proper controls" on people entering the country had been implemented.
UKIP is also promising stronger border controls, with all non-UK nationals being "registered and tracked".
The proposals are contained in a policy review to be put to the party conference, which runs until Saturday.
'Great strain'
UKIP has now created 17 groups to consider its policies and said it would publish its ideas in full on a daily basis if an election was called.UKIP has now created 17 groups to consider its policies and said it would publish its ideas in full on a daily basis if an election was called.
Its main policy is a commitment to remove the UK from the European Union.Its main policy is a commitment to remove the UK from the European Union.
But Mr Farage is expected to say that migrants, particularly those arriving from Eastern Europe, have been placing too great a strain on public services. Mr Farage is expected to say that migrants, particularly those arriving from eastern Europe, have been placing too great a strain on public services.
For this reason, the five-year ban would be introduced, and this would stay in place until "proper controls" on people entering the country had been implemented.
'Arrest and removal'
UKIP would "put in place border controls so that all non-UK nationals who enter the UK can be registered and tracked on their entry and exit from the country".UKIP would "put in place border controls so that all non-UK nationals who enter the UK can be registered and tracked on their entry and exit from the country".
"Anyone overstaying their visa will be subject to arrest and removal from the country and will incur a ban on further entry to the UK for a minimum of five years," the party added. "Anyone overstaying their visa will be subject to arrest and removal from the country and will incur a ban on further entry to the UK for a minimum of five years," a party spokesman said.
UKIP believes that anybody who wishes to come to the UK must be able to speak fluent English and have educational qualifications. UKIP says anybody who wishes to come to the UK must be able to speak fluent English and have educational qualifications.
They must also demonstrate loyalty to the UK and be able to support themselves and their family without help from the taxpayer, it claims. They must also demonstrate loyalty to the UK and be able to support themselves and their family without help from the taxpayer, it adds.